You can slap a Pixel Watch 2 in your wrist for simply $224 proper now

The Pixel Watch 3 often is the shining refinement Google’s wearable lineup wanted, however the last-gen Pixel Watch 2 remains to be an incredible purchase. That’s very true when you will get it for as little as $224 ($26 off) — which is the watch’s present beginning worth at each Amazon and Best Buy.

Although the Pixel Watch 3 introduces a number of stable enhancements — together with an even bigger and brighter show, a brand new 44mm measurement, AI-generated exercise solutions, and offline Google Maps — the second-gen Pixel Watch remains to be a looker. It solely is available in one measurement (41mm), and the usable show space is simply about 10 % smaller than the third-gen mannequin. It additionally makes use of the identical Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear W5 Gen 1 chip, although it lacks the extremely wideband chip that permits you to unlock close by Pixel gadgets and choose BMW autos.

Overall, efficiency between the 2 is analogous and battery life on the 41mm fashions is about the identical, averaging about 24 hours per cost. With the Watch 2, you’re solely actually lacking out on the brand new exercise options (different once-exclusive Wear OS 5 options have began to trickle all the way down to the Watch 2), plus a display that’s stated to be twice as brilliant. If you don’t really feel these Watch 3 traits are definitely worth the $350 beginning worth, we’d nonetheless fortunately advocate choosing up the older mannequin.